Nepal's new arms cache seized by India?

Kathmandu: An aircraft heading for Nepal with a cargo of sophisticated arms and ammunition has been detained in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, a report here said.
The Russia-made aircraft is carrying rifles, ammunition and anti-aircraft guns manufactured in some foreign country, probably Israel, the Jana Aastha weekly reported Wednesday.
Suspicious at the lack of documents regarding the nature of the cargo and from where it had been shipped, the Indian authorities ordered the aircraft down when it was in Indian airspace.
The aircraft, expected to arrive in Kathmandu Wednesday, has remained grounded for six days at the Ahmedabad airport in Gujarat state, the report said.
According to the weekly, the arms cache is part of a deal struck between King Gyanendra's regime and the manufacturers at a time Nepal's biggest arms provider, India, followed by the US, suspended lethal military supplies to show their disapproval of the king's power grab.
30/08/06 Indo Asian News Service/DailyIndia.com, US

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